Guava is getting crushed, again

Honestly, I myself don't know what the word tulan means, but you could ask Kenny Sia (whom I do not know) or Chang Yang (whom I do know). Anyhow, that's how I felt this morning at 8.30 am.

Let me explain.

I needed to go to the post office, so having sent my brother to school at 7.30, I proceeded to drive to the nearby post office. I reached the post office at 7.45, to find that it opens at 8.30, so I entertained myself by walking around looking for a place to eat Maggi Goreng, but I failed on that account. No matter.

8.10: I got back to the post office at about 8.10 and proceeded to take out my book to read. There were 2 persons there at that time, a husband and wife. I was thinking if later I somehow was in front of the queue I would let them go first, since they arrived before me.

8.10 - 8.20: As the time approached 8.30, more and more people arrived and congregated at the door, so I decided to stand behind 3 or 4 other people who came later but went right to the front of the door ("Give them lah", I was thinking) just to make a semblance of a queue.

8.25 - 8.30: The aforementioned husband barged his way through to get to the front of the front (lol). More and more people arrived, and they all just went in front of me (because I didn't want to appear like them so, the way I was standing, there was a gap in front of me). ........................................ So much for forming a queue.

8.30: The Final Straw. The doors opened. Everyone who was behind me suddenly rushed in front of me, each of them with a face that read "I know what I'm doing is wrong, BUT I DO NOT CARE, since everyone else is doing it, thus I musn't lose out." I ended up being the 16th person to get in. Third to arrive, sixteenth to get in. -_-

What's worse is that all of them were uncles and aunties, meaning that they all probably have kids. What example are they setting to their children?

The question here is: Was I too soft for letting them get past me? Should I have done what they did?

Or should I have opened my mouth to chide those people? (I'm sure I would have got bashed if I did this. Furthermore, I'm a coward. ;p)

In the end, all I did was suffer in silence.

p.s. actually, I think that if the group of people were replaced by young adults or teenagers, the whole situation would have been more civilised, but then again, maybe that's just wishful thinking.